[GDX] B10 - Hillcross Roundup (P1) (Inactive)

Game Master UncleFroggy

"Mmm. Yummy." Salera chews on some leaves, in front of the dinosaurs. "Come on, plenty more yummy food over here."

Deception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Jiggo tries to Aid: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 4 = 20
Jiggo has Cooperative Nature and gets a +4 bonus on Aid attempts.

With the ropes mostly untangled Scerzaq goes to take a look over the perimeter. Making sure none of the little ones escaped the enclosure.

Perception +4

Caitlin will attempt to sneak around a baby Dino, then spring up in front and herd it back to where it should be!

Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Caitlin sneaks up to a dinosaur baby and jumps out in front of it, startling it and causing it to run back into the pen. Salera fools the babies into thinking there's better food in the enclosure. The babies follow Salera back into their pen. Buford creates a stegosaurus catcher and catches himself two dino babies. Khenari puts on a show for the babies and leads them back to the enclosure. Eddie is able to calm a stegosaur baby, and is able to convince it that it's being returned to its herd. Scerzaq inspects the enclosure but doesn't see anything of note.

It is Round Three! Please go ahead and make your checks. Remember, only one check per player. Try not to use the same skill as last time

"Keeping track of little ones is difficult. Its much better to just broadcast your spores into the wind and let them do their thing." Eddie muses while coming up with a new plan of attack.

"Maybe luring them with food? Leafy food right?" They snatch up some handful of grass and green stems, waving them around to attract attention before throwing them into the enclosure.

"Who doesn't like food? Everything likes food!"
Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

"Oh, that's not a good food? How about this one Toady?" Eddie seems to consult a figment beneath their armor, nodding vigorously.
Hero Point Reroll: Survival, Guidance: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 1 = 13

Eddie has a fungal familiar. I'm not much for familiars so it stays stowed. It allows Eddie to cast guidance. If anyone else wishes for some fungal guidance let me know.

Caitlin moves on to try Stegosaurus Whispering. Finding the nearest, she gently mutters to it, trying to get it to trust and follow her.

Nature: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

The Oxcatcher clan, most Nirmathi Ranchers reckoned, were no more than cattle rustlers and horse thieves. That was at best, a half truth. The Oxcatchers did herd cattle on the Nirmathi plains. Now, stegosauruses ain't cattle, but herding is herding. He starts hooting and hollering and heading off stragglers.

Plains Lore: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

A few times, a long time ago, I actually did help my cowboy cousins and uncles herd cattle into a pen for branding. It'd help if he was on a horse, but not strictly necessary.

"Come here, little one." Jiggo holds some of his healing plaster and smoothes it over a bruised Steggosaurus.

Medicine: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

"Smashing through the enclosure must hurt a lot, huh? Follow me, I can help you out if you stay somewhere nice and quiet."

Scerzaq begins to make clicking noises between his teeth as one of the baby dinos comes nearby. "This way, this way."

Performance: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Khenari does her work in trying to help corral the dinosaurs back into the pen, taking time to look at the surrounding area and the pen itself.

+6 Perception

Scerzaq makes clicking noises to lead the baby dinos like the pied piper. But somehow the sounds spook them and the almost trample him had he not dived out of the way in time. Caitlin whispers something in a baby stegosaurus' ear, but the baby dino just ignores her. Jiggo takes some healing plaster and places it on a deep cut on a baby dinosaur's back. The baby dino looks at Jiggo with what passes to be adoration in its eyes and docilely follows Jiggo back to the enclosure. Buford channels his inner sheepdog and succeeds in herding several babies back to the enclosure. Meanwhile, Khenari examines the enclosure for clues.

Finally, the last dinosaur is herded back into its pen.

"Thanks for herding them! Let me count them first to make sure none are missing before I return them to their families."

She begins counting the dinosaurs, tapping at sticks in her hair the way one might count on their fingers.

"...eighteen... nineteen... no, that can't be! I must have counted wrong!" Her voice becomes more and more panicked as she repeats the count again. After recounting the dinosaurs for perhaps the fifth time, she cries out in alarm "Babs is missing! Babs is the smallest and youngest of the lot."

"Will you please find Babs so I can reunite all the young ones with the herd. I'd go with you but I need to stay here and make sure another dinosaur goes missing."

Xila searches the area around the enclosure and finds tracks of a clawed creature. "The tracks head west, " she says, pointing deeper into the wooded valley, "I wonder if the thief captured more dinosaurs than little Babs. If you do find other dinosaurs other than Babs, do bring them back to me so I can try to reunite them with their herds."

One PC can make a Survival check to follow the tracks

"Now then. Helping track your herd is a Pathfinder duty." Jiggo looks at the tracks. "Now, I'm no tracker. Not yet. But I will help the leader of the crew."

Survival(Aid) with Cooperative Nature: 1d20 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 4 = 6
Hero Point: 1d20 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 1 + 4 = 25

Best Hero Point I've ever spent!

"Oh, one short? Hrm, I'll help too." Eddie heads over to the spot the others are pointing to.

Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

"Oh, yes, look at those tracks. Thanks for the help Jiggo, I'll take it from here." It doesn't take long before Eddie is hot on the trail.

Eddie will travel with a shield drawn but not raised. Tracking.

Salera nudges Jiggo a bit to the left so he doesn't lose his balance.

That's a good deed for the day.

Buford suggests that they focus on just following the tracks as quickly as possible. I.e forgo the exploration activities to go at full speed.

Bow out, Caitlin keeps her eyes peeled for danger.

Jiggo, I'll give your hero point back since Eddie crit-succeeded his check

Eddie follows the tracks and, based on the lay of the land, discerns that they lead to a specific hill nearby. He also notices the tracks of another creature near the camp.

Map

From where you're standing, the top of the plateau is about 10 feet up. You don't see anything yet, but you hear insults being shouted in the goblin tongue.

Caitlin will attempt to sneak around to get a view of the Goblin. (+7 Stealth)

Kenaru follows the group, pulling out her whip, ready for action if required.

"Hrm, someone seems mad. But who?" Eddie draws out a berry from their belt pouch, asking the fungus spirits to imbue it with healing power before stowing it back away in easy reach. Goodberry, lasts 10mins

"Are we being sneaky? Mushrooms are very good at hiding from sight, well, other than those bright orange chanterelles. Those guys just don't know when to fade into the background." With that Eddie creeps along after Caitlin. Stealth +5

Scerzaq places a clawed finger to his lips to be quiet as he scuttle around the trees to get a closer look at what is going on.

Stealth1d20+7

"I guess Salera and I can help be quiet. We got your back, Caitlin-" Salera's hand and sharp look keeps him quiet.

Jiggo has Stealth +4 and Salera has +7. Jiggo will hang 30 feet back from Salera & Caitlin.

Please feel free to move your tokens -- you've all said you're sneaking, but your tokens are all in the same spot (except for Eddie) :)

I'm sorry, I'm not seeing a map in the slides?

I'm sorry, I'm not seeing a map in the slides?

I linked the map to my profile statblock. It will be linked as the tactical map when combat starts.

Caitlin moved

Oo, a squirrel.
Oo, half-chewed leaves.
Oo, some shiny rocks! No wait, those are steggo droppings.

Jiggo slows his pace to observe everything the world has to offer. Salera's impatience keeps her ahead of the group.

You start hearing terrified bawls and cries. But still cannot see where they're coming from.

Can't even sacrifice without making a mess. Salera sighs before pointing at the cave entrance. She goes in first, keeping quiet and letting her Darkvision take over.

Into the cave we go. Salera's Stealth is +7, Jiggo's is +4.

Ol' Oxcatcher assumes the cries are coming from the cave. He draws his shield and moves closer.

As you approach the cave, you see Babs, tightly lashed to a massive wooden stake a short distance west, toward the hill’s face. The hatchling is unharmed, but frightened. He strains against his restraints and begins letting out throaty cries when he sees you.

More insults in goblin also follow.

Eddie's eyes and ears perk up when they see, and HEAR Babs. Eddie sneaks over closer to the baby dino and tries to calm them.

"Shh baby, we'll be right back."

Diplomacy: Wild Empathy: Make a request?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Some cross posting. My current position, center north of the map?

Keeping with the stealth.

Eddie, you can see Babs. But you also have some LoS to the top of the plateau. You can see something, just not totally clear on what you're seeing.

You'd also need to get closer to try to Make an Impression. You're about 40' away from Babs.

Eddie creeps closer, trying to get Babs to calm down, and get a better look at what's at the top of the hill with them.

I'm going to assume 15' is close enough. I also kept Eddie with cover for the Stealthing aspect.

The cleric attempts sto move closer to the rest of her group.

Stealth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

Salera sees the steggosaurus atop the hill. She shrugs and approaches Eddie.

Scerzaq continues to use the rocks to stay hidden, he watches to see if the others can calm Babs down as he softly clicks.

Stealth +7

"Aw, hell, I ain't much for the sneaky stuff, I say." Buford says as he walks openly towards the stegosaurus. He has his hands out and below his waist, shield in one, but a free hand in the other.

Khenari -- Stealth checks are secret checks, sorry.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Recall Knowledge: Society (White), Nature (Blue/Brown)
Tactical Map
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BOLD may go

Caitlin
Buford
Scerzaq
Bluey

+++

Khenari
Eddie
Jiggo
Glorzia
Brownie

Scerzaq bends time as he bursts free from the bushes. He rushes out stabbing at the goblin. "Shouldn't take what isn't yours!" The force from his blade sends powerful magic through its metal that throws the goblin back a bit.

Spellstrike: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Hero Point Reroll: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Shortsword Damage (Slashing): 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Hydraulic Push Spell Damage (Bludgeoning): 3d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2) = 10 + Knocked Back 5 Feet Crit Damage: 6d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1) = 10 + Knocked Back 10 Feet

◇ Bend Time (Stride)
◆◆ Spellstrike (Hydraulic Push)
◆ Arcane Cascade Stance (+10 Speed and +3 Damage with strikes)

Caitlin scuttles around the corner, curses in Elven and lets loose a pair of arrows at the goblin.

◆ Stride
◆ Hunt Prey (the goblin)
◆ Hunted Shot

Short bow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 271d6 ⇒ 2
Short bow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 121d6 ⇒ 3
Precision Damage on first hit: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Woo hoo!

Deadly Damage on first hit: 1d10 ⇒ 10

20 damage on the goblin 👍

Buford moves into position near the baby stegosaurus, raises his shield to protect himself and tries to figure out what he knows about the goblin's companions.

My Nature check is +7

Caitlin scuttles around the corner, curses in Elven and lets loose a pair of arrows at the goblin.

◆ Stride
◆ Hunt Prey (the goblin)
◆ Hunted Shot

[dice=Short bow]1d20 + 7; 1d6
[dice=Short bow]1d20 + 2; 1d6
[dice=Precision Damage on first hit]1d8

Woo hoo!

[dice=Deadly Damage on first hit]1d10

20 damage on the goblin

26 actually. Only the Deadly doesn't double...

Seeing the damage being wrought on Glorzia, Bluey hesitates slightly. However, Glorzia roars at the little creature, "Attack, you little pipsqueak! If you know what's good for you!" Deciding that it's more afraid of Glorzia, Bluey takes a bite at Scerzaq.

Bluey Jaw Attack vs Scerzaq AC 18: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 271d6 ⇒ 3
Crit doubled to 6

Bluey Jaw Attack 2 vs Scerzaq AC 18, MAP: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 7 - 4 = 4
Bluey Jaw Attack 3 vs Scerzaq AC 18, MAP: 1d20 + 7 - 8 ⇒ (13) + 7 - 8 = 12

Scerzaq - need a Fort save

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Recall Knowledge: Society (White), Nature (Blue/Brown)
Tactical Map
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BOLD may go

Caitlin
Buford
Scerzaq (-6, Fort Save pending)
Bluey

+++

Kenari
Eddie
Jiggo
Glorzia (-41)
Brownie

The gnolls's scream slaps Jiggo to attention. "Oh! Sorry honey. I was looking at- er, never mind! How about you hurry down there and take out the leader?"

Salera waltzes across the hilltop. One two three, one two three, one two three. She relieves some stress across the gnoll's face.

Claw: 1d20 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 1 + 2 + 4 = 23
Slashing Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
+1 Good damage against evil or those weak to Good damage

◆◆ Act Together(2 actions for Jiggo, 1 action for Salera)
- ◆◆ Jiggo casts Evolution Surge to give Salera a +20 movement speed.
- ◆ Salera Strides

◆ Salera Strikes

Eddie watches, hidden in the rock pile as things start to play out. What are those creatures with the mad humanoid? Hrm.. Oh, biting..
Recall Nature vs Blue/Brown +7

After some pondering Eddie finally calls forth a jolt of electricity between white and blue.

Electric Arc, 30' Range: Basic Reflex Save DC17, Electricity: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7